Colossians 2:10
“…and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.”
This is amazing news: We’re complete in Christ, the head over all authority! To be loved and connected to someone of such character and stature is in itself a major privilege. This tells us Jesus is no wimp! To be granted by His Father with such an honorable position, and yet to redeem us and call us His own people, is cause for great excitement. We can trust this person with our lives at all times!
Not only is Jesus positioned high above with great authority, but with all authority in heaven and on earth, as stated in Matthew 28:18. In addition, He gave us authority as His disciples in Luke 10:19 when he stated, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”
This delegation of authority was not just a blessing for the disciples of His day, but ours, today, as well. After all, in Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus commanded His disciples to go into all the world and make disciples, baptizing and teaching them to obey His commands. Whenever we obey someone, we are submitting to their leadership, recognizing them as an authority over us.
Over a great period of time, grafted in as Jesus’ family of disciples, we would eventually expand globally. Jesus knew He’d be leaving the earth, and while He was here, He demonstrated to His disciples, then and now, how to live and minister to others, providing His Holy Spirit of power to help us all. Regarding this gift of the Holy Spirit spoken of in Acts 2:39, Jesus stated, “this promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off–for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
As to the authority we’ve been given, Jesus shows us in Mark 16:17-18 that those who believed would be able to cast out demons and heal the sick in His name. In Luke 9:1-2, we see Jesus giving the twelve disciples power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases. Then He promises believers, in John 14:12, that they’d do the same works He’d done, and greater works because He was going to His Father.
Moreover, He’s reminded us that, as His children, we are overcomers because “greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Hence, we should not forget that we are given “the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). We are “more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).
It’s also important to remember that with the authority we’ve been given, “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4).
Walking in our God-given authority was never meant for us to accomplish alone. We have the Holy Spirit as our guide, who will lead us in various, unique ways suited to each encounter we may experience.
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